Sydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War

By

Ross Kelly

September 28, 2011

SYDNEY—An Australian court on Thursday will wade into the global tablet war between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. as a judge considers barring distribution of the South Korean company's device in Australia.

A ruling in Apple's favor would follow its victory in Germany, where a court has barred Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe's biggest economy on the grounds that it copied Apple's iPad. An adverse ruling...